Great renovated apartment in Ortega y Gasset

Salamanca: Location and surroundings of this property

The Salamanca neighbourhood is one of the most important areas of Madrid, both for its peculiar distribution and for the neighbours who have traditionally inhabited its emblematic streets. Its construction dates back to the second half of the 19th century and corresponds to the urban expansion carried out during the reign of Isabel II. The precursor to whom it owes its was José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca, from Malaga, who conceived a new site with a well-kept building that housed the aristocratic and bourgeois classes of Madrid. The nineteenth-century style is characterised by its special layout, with its regular layout in the form of a checkerboard with perpendicular streets. Its buildings are of special interest thanks to their architectural quality and the beauty of their façades. Traditionally Salamanca was a residential area, especially inhabited by the country's political and economic elite. In the last fifty years this residential character has coexisted with other activities such as business, diplomatic and especially commercial activities, as it is one of the most important luxury fashion areas in the capital. The Parque del Buen Retiro is the true protagonist of this district of Madrid, which has its flanks in the streets of Alcalá and O'Donnell at the northern end of the district. It is advisable to complete the route through the city's most famous urban park by dropping into the neighbourhood around it, and enjoy some of its many commercial, cultural and gastronomic attractions.